12 ideas
21642 | If quantification is all substitutional, there is no ontology [Quine] |
1633 | Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine] |
18964 | Ontology is relative to both a background theory and a translation manual [Quine] |
14082 | No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J] |
18965 | We know what things are by distinguishing them, so identity is part of ontology [Quine] |
14081 | Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J] |
1634 | Two things are relative - the background theory, and translating the object theory into the background theory [Quine] |
7752 | Only the utterer's primary intention is relevant to the meaning [Grice] |
7751 | Meaning needs an intention to induce a belief, and a recognition that this is the speaker's intention [Grice] |
7753 | We judge linguistic intentions rather as we judge non-linguistic intentions, so they are alike [Grice] |
8470 | Reference is inscrutable, because we cannot choose between theories of numbers [Quine, by Orenstein] |
18963 | Indeterminacy translating 'rabbit' depends on translating individuation terms [Quine] |